by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 25, 2016 | News, Vatican News
“The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released an instruction Tuesday regarding burial and cremation, reiterating the Church’s teaching that cremation, while strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions – and that...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 25, 2016 | News
“Domestic violence is a hidden epidemic that many clergy and laypersons are not properly trained to fight, says one priest who runs the country’s largest parish-based ministry to counter the problem. “When you start talking about it, that’s when people will...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Pope Francis
“On Sunday, Pope Francis canonized seven new saints in the Catholic Church, saying that prayer isn’t always a smooth path, but that like the saints, Christ supports us even when it is difficult. “The saints are men and women who enter fully into the mystery of...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 17, 2016 | News
“Fr. Donald Calloway could give St. Augustine a run for his money, in terms of dramatic conversion stories. In a recent Vimeo video produced by Spirit Juice Studios and the Knights of Columbus, Fr. Calloway recalled his radical transformation from atheist,...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 11, 2016 | News
“As states around the country consider legalizing physician-assisted suicide, “death with dignity” looks markedly different for patients under the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor. In her nearly 30 years with the order that cares for the “elderly poor,”...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Oct 11, 2016 | News
“There once was a Pope called “The Green Pope.” He earned the title from both the religious and the secular alike, because he wrote frequently about the environment and asked all Catholics to be better stewards of God’s creation. Under this pope’s pontificate,...
